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The Eric Carle Museum
of Picture Book Art
  • 125 West Bay Road
  • Amherst, MA 01002

Hours

  • Thursday, Friday 10 am - 4 pm
  • Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
  • Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm

Closed Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday

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  • Read here about the remarkable life of Eric Carle More
  • Visitor Guidelines and Information More
  • REGISTER NOW for the 2021 Virtual Carle Honors and Art Auction More
  • Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement Through Children's Books More
  • Enjoy our Online Resources More

News

  • Eric Carle, 1929–2021. Photo © The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, Massachusetts. Expand
  • On view now | Ashley Bryan in Song Ashley Bryan, Illustration for <i>Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals</i> (Atheneum). Gift of the Ashley Bryan Center. © 2007 Ashley Bryan. Expand
    On view now | Ashley Bryan in Song
  • Click to view online exhibition Art © Grace Lin. Expand
    Click to view online exhibition
  • On view now | On the Move with Eric Carle Eric Carle, Illustration for <i>10 Little Rubber Ducks</i>. Collection of Eric and Barbara Carle. © 2005 Penguin Random House LLC. Expand
    On view now | On the Move with Eric Carle
  • On view now | Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through Children&#039;s Books Jerry Pinkney, Illustration for <i>A Place to Land</i> by Barry Wittenstein (Neal Porter Books). Collection of the artist. © 2019 Jerry Pinkney. Expand
    On view now | Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through Children's Books

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Shelley Rotner, Illustration for Action Alphabet (Atheneum Books for Young Readers). Gift of Motoko Inoue and Peter Dellert. © 1996, 2013 Shelley Rotner. Shop

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June 25
Eric Carle Birthday Storytime: Marathon Read-Aloud more
July 3
Special Storytime: Audrey Helen Weber more
July 10
Special Storytime: Steve Light more
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ONLINE RESOURCES

Under the Sea with Eric Carle

 

 

 


 

Eric Carle, Illustration for Mr. Seahorse. Collection of Eric and Barbara Carle. © 2004 Eric Carle.
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